[center][h1][b][color=c4df9b]Tayla[/color][/b][/h1][/center] [@13org] [@JerkChicken] [@fetzen] [hr] [color=c4df9b][b]"S-sightless Nieffar!"[/b][/color] Tayla said, bowing before the Sightless. She did her best to keep the alarm from her voice. [color=c4df9b][b]"Praise the Unseeing Eye for your presence! The heathens, they-"[/b][/color] Tayla hesitanted, giving a quick glance back in Smit's direction. [color=c4df9b][b]"They attacked us while caught unaw-"[/b][/color] [color=fdc68a]"Silence!"[/color] Nieffar demanded. [color=fdc68a]"Do you think me ignorant of what happened here?"[/color] Tayla quickly shut her mouth. She knew better than to answer that question. Frowning from her lack of response, Nieffar continued. [color=fdc68a]"Tell me child, who instructed you to attack the Pact Makers? Further more,"[/color] Nieffar's expression grew dark. His voice turning to ice. [color=fdc68a]"who's idea was it to almost kill the female Pact Maker?"[/color] Tayla's back stiffened at his question. [color=c4df9b][b]"Sightless Nieffar, I believe you are mistaken. Nobody tried to kill-"[/b][/color] [color=fdc68a]"Stand."[/color] Nieffar interrupted. Reluctantly Tayla complied. Nieffar flexed his right hand's fingers with anticipation. One by one, his fingers extended like tendrils, down onto the ground. Slowly, the fingers slithered towards Tayla like a tangle of snakes. Tayla felt her nerves spike. Instinctively, she took a step back. [color=fdc68a]"Be still!"[/color] Nieffar hissed threateningly. Tayla froze in place obediently. The tendrils had began circling her feet like a wolf would to it's prey. She clenched her hands tightly at her sides in an effort to resist the urge to squirm. A cruel smile cross Nieffar's lips. The Sightless appeared to take pleasure Tayla's discomfort. [color=fdc68a]"My dear child,"[/color] He started, while allowing his tendrils to wrap up and around her ankles. [color=fdc68a]"you know that this town was given to me to me by The Eye. Given to me so that I could help guide it's people down the path of Insight. Yet, despite knowing this, here you are disobeying my orders and making a mess of my town. To make matters worst, you lie about it."[/color] Tayla said nothing. Instead she kept her gaze level, doing her best to ignore the tendrils coiling around her knees. [color=fdc68a]"Why is it that you lie?"[/color] Nieffar continued. [color=fdc68a]"Without the clan, you would still be that same weak little girl sleeping on a pile of trash, with little to no understanding of your own abilities. We took you off the streets. We gave you a home, food and a family. But, most importantly, we gave you access to the Insight and a promise of power. Perhaps, that was a mistake..."[/color] A sudden chill consumed Tayla causing her to shake uncontrollably. Tayla collapsed to the ground shivering. Her connection to the Insight had been cut off. [b][color=c4df9b]"No..."[/color][/b] Tayla cried. [color=c4df9b][b]"Don't do this! Don't take it away!"[/b][/color] Tayla stretched out her hand toward Sightless Nieffar. Nieffar sneered at the display. Using his tendrils, he pulled Tayla's ankles out from under her. Tayla fell forward onto her stomach [color=fdc68a]"I said be still!"[/color] Nieffar said, his voice firm and authoritative. The tendrils wound up Tayla's legs. Around her waist. Past her midsection. Across her arms and chest. A sense of panic began to spread through her. She was trapped. Bound. Shackled. The touch of his tendrils across her skin made her stomach turn, yet what was she to do? She needed the Insight and the power it gave! Without it, she would never find her father! without it, how would she get her revenge? [b][color=c4df9b]"Please..."[/color][/b] Tayla whimpered. [color=c4df9b][b]"Please give it back..."[/b][/color] Nieffar's sneer deepened. [color=fdc68a]"I want you to beg."[/color] He said coolly. [color=fdc68a]"Beg... Like a dog."[/color] The tendrils slithered up her neck. Her shivers intensified. She felt gross. Weak. Disgusting. And yet, she inhaled deeply, preparing to whine like a dog... Until, Nieffar's tendrils brushed across her cheek. [i][color=c4df9b][b]Too much![/b][/color][/i] Something snapped in Tayla. She became feral, like an animal backed in a corner. She fought fruitlessly against her bonds. She kicked, screamed, and squirmed. It was pain that shut her up. Barbs, much like those on a rose bush, protruded from Nieffar's tendrils. Tayla sucked in a breath of air as she felt the thorns rip into her flesh. [color=fdc68a]"Let this be a lesson to all of you."[/color] Nieffar said to the clan members in the room. [color=fdc68a]"Resisting the Unseeing... lying to a Sightless... Those two things will only bring you pain."[/color] Nieffar's tendrils shaped fingers slowly started retracting back into his hand. Tayla cried out in pain as the barbs began tearing their way through her flesh. "Sightless Nieffar!" Smit interjected. "It wasn't her idea to attack the Pact Makers! It was... Sightless Syella's." The tendrils stopped their retraction, bringing Tayla a wave of relief. Nieffar smiled. [color=fdc68a]"Sightless Syella, you say?"[/color] He turn his eyeless gaze upwards. [color=fdc68a]"Ah yes... I see... She must have hid the conversation within the cover of light. To think she would go against our Lord by ordering the death of a Pact Maker..."[/color] "With all respect, my Sightless, you misunderstand." Smit said. Nieffar frowned as if annoyed by Smit's words. [color=fdc68a]"Explain."[/color] He said without looking to the man. "Sightless Syella merely ordered us to capture a specific Pact Maker. The one who fought against her. We were given strict orders not to kill." Nieffar seemed disappointed by Syella's order not to kill. [color=fdc68a]"You say that, and yet the Insight appears to show otherwise. The two of you attacked and nearly killed the female Pact Maker."[/color] "That is... not entirely true." Smit said hesitantly. His words brought a sinking feeling into Tayla's heart. "I attacked the woman hoping to cut our loses and save Tayla." Smit corrected. "Tayla, on the other hand..." A sense of betrayal swept through Tayla. Smit, of all people, sold her out. She strained her neck in an effort to look Smit in the eyes. The man looked away, unable to meet her gaze. [color=fdc68a]"I see..."[/color] Said Nieffar. He turned his gaze to down to Tayla. [color=c4df9b][b]"I-."[/b][/color] She began. [color=fdc68a]"Before you say another word, I would advise you think hard on whether or not it's a lie."[/color] Nieffar said coldly. Tayla, held her tongue. [color=fdc68a]"Fortunately for you, child, not all was lost by your inability serve our Lord."[/color] Sightless Nieffar said. He outstretched his left hand to his side. [color=fdc68a]"It seems we have a guest!"[/color] Nieffar exclaimed. Suddenly his fingers shot from his left hand. Extruding much like how a tree would sprout from the ground. They sped through the air and around a corner. Straight towards the giant who lurked behind...